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Regulation (EU) 2023/1321 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 as regards the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas to certain steel products transferred to Northern Ireland| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2023/1321 |
| Original proposal | COM(2023)125  |
| CELEX number i | 32023R1321 |
| Document | 14-06-2023; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 30-06-2023; OJ L 166 p. 1-5 |
| Signature | 14-06-2023 |
| Effect | 01-07-2023; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
30.6.2023 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 166/1 |
REGULATION (EU) 2023/1321 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 14 June 2023
amending Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 as regards the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas to certain steel products transferred to Northern Ireland
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) provides that goods imported from outside the Union are to be eligible for treatment pursuant to Union import tariff rate quotas or other import quotas only if those goods are released for free circulation in the territories listed therein. That provision addresses the risks to the proper functioning of the Union’s internal market and the integrity of the Common Commercial Policy that would arise from the possible circumvention of the Union tariff rate quotas or other import quotas. The territories set out in Article 1 of that Regulation do not include Northern Ireland. |
(2) |
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (3) (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’), provides for the opening by the Union of quotas with regard to imports into the Union of certain products originating in the United Kingdom. In addition, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement confers upon the Union the right to introduce tariff rate quotas or other import quotas with regard to imports of goods originating in the United Kingdom under certain circumstances, including as part of the application of multilateral safeguard measures in accordance with the WTO Agreement. It is necessary, therefore, to clarify whether goods originating in the United Kingdom and released for free circulation in Northern Ireland are eligible for treatment under those tariff rate quotas or other import quotas. |
(3) |
The United Kingdom is bound by the arrangements laid down in the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (the ‘Protocol’) to the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (4) (the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’). Therefore, the legal relationship between the Union and the United Kingdom in respect of goods originating in the United Kingdom and released for free circulation in Northern Ireland is fundamentally different from that between the Union and any other third country in respect of goods originating in such a third country and released for free circulation in Northern Ireland. |
(4) |
The United Kingdom has provided evidence showing that certain steel products originating in the United Kingdom that are currently subject to safeguard measures under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/159 (5) (the ‘products concerned’) have been transferred in significant quantities to Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom. In order to ensure the economic viability of those transfers and in view of the specific circumstances in Northern Ireland, it is appropriate to allow for the products concerned to benefit from the relevant Union tariff rate quotas when they are released for free circulation in Northern Ireland. |
(5) |
In order to limit the risk of circumvention of the Union tariff rate quotas applicable to the products concerned by imports of the same products... |
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